industrial landscape

Smokestacks and warehouses

Industrial landscape refers to terrain dominated by factories, warehouses, power plants, and other manufacturing or processing facilities.

The term describes both actual geography—smokestacks, rail yards, storage tanks—and artistic depictions of such scenes: The photographer specialized in industrial landscapes of the Rust Belt.

It can carry connotations of decline or environmental degradation, but also of raw aesthetic power.

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warehouses · smokestacks · pollution · architectural heritage · rust · refineries · brownfields · slag heap · mining · labor movements · brick · deforestation · logistics · supply chain · cooling towers · power plants · urban sprawl · concrete jungle

Categories
Opposites
land use and economic activity

industrial landscapefarmland

Agricultural terrain

rural landscape · agrarian landscape · pastoral landscape · grazing land · meadowland

human intervention and naturalness

industrial landscapewilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

pristine nature · untouched wilderness · virgin forest · natural landscape · unspoiled nature

aesthetic and atmospheric character

industrial landscapeidyllic countryside

Idealized rural landscape

picturesque scenery · scenic beauty · tranquil setting · romantic landscape · enchanted forest

Family

industrial, landscape, industry, industries, industrious, industriously, industrialism, industrialist, industrialize

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G